Trip to Golden, CO

This weekend, we made an attempt to go down to Golden, CO where the Coors Brewing Co. has a facility. We got there too late for the tours because of the really weird road conditions. We took some pics...











And this was a really cool picture of the mountain outside Golden, CO.

For our loyal readers..........

So we haven't been updating our blog in awhile because my mom and my sister, Robin, were out here visting for a few days! It was great to have them out here to visit, but we were sad it was so short.
Thankfully it didn't snow while they were out here, but it did get pretty cold at night. We had a good time, even though Will and I both had to work some of the days they were here.
One night we went to Denver to look at the Botanic Gardens all decorated for Christmas.



We got 3-D glasses to look at all the lights, and depending on which ones you had you could see snowmen or snowflakes with all the lights!









There were lots of interesting statues throughout the gardens. Robin & Will thought it would be appropriate to kiss one!



The photographer finally posed for one picture with me...



The next day mom, Robin, and I drove up to Estes Park, which is a small town about 40miles north of Boulder. We tried to go to the national park, but it was closed for the season so we got a little tour of the town.



You can kind of see the cute little town across the lake!



Lots of beautiful landscape...



And of course Rob and I had to figure out where a famous house in Boulder was. And in true stalker form we had to take a picture of it.
The Ramsey's house...



That's basically what we've been doing the past week! The weather out here has been pretty nice, kind of warm. My car said the temperature was around low 50s today! So exciting! But of course tomorrow and Saturday they're calling for more snow. We'll be sure to take lots of pictures, and Will and I are all stocked up on food and movies! For this weekend we're debating on whether or not to go skiing at the local mountain or maybe take a tour of the Coor's brewery! Either way we'll be sure to take lots of pictures and give very detailed descriptions for those who check our blog daily...Willis...
We're so excited about Christmas, and miss everyone back home!!!

Xmas Tree

So we have had our tree decorated for a while now but we just havent gotten pictures of it. ENJOY!!









And Allison made a snow angel in the front yard.....



And then she fell over...and ate the snow.

The culprit.....

Here he is.....



.....the infamous dog who got our tree....the little jerk.

So we had some snow, probably around 6 inches over the weekend. Its been several years since we have had to actually shovel snow but we made up for lost time.





People still walk and jog despite the snow and ice - which by the way is absolutly nuts. No one in their right mind should be doing that, yet these people do it anyway. Not us though. We stayed inside most of the weekend.

The sun popped out today but dont let it fool you like it did us. The sun may make it seem like its warmer than it was, but oh no. It was still about 16 degrees for the majority of today. Ironically enough, its warmer tonight than it was during the day today, tipping the thermometer at 28 degrees now.



Good news - its gonna snow again Tuesday!

Guess what...

The sign on our door says it all! As our neighbor says, we were asking for it by hanging our sign.
We woke up this morning to find it snowing outside! Our yard was covered in snow! It was so beautiful and so very exciting!
Will and I were hesitant about driving, but the roads were fine all day. And apparently nothing shuts down in Boulder for snow! We even saw people outside jogging in the snow!

This is a view of our street.



These are a couple of pictures from the park that is 2 blocks from our house. You can see how much snow we got, and the mountain behind the park is the one we usually hike up.







Here is a picture of the outside of our house. We live in a duplex so our front door is one the side of the house. It doesn't look that nice from the outside, but the inside has become very cozy! And you can see our Christmas tree. You can also see how hard the snow was coming down.



Just to let everyone know...the best way to get the smell out of your Christmas tree is just to febreze it! We febrezed the one side of the tree, and now our tree smells nice and fresh! :)

O Christmas tree, O Christmas tree...

So our big adventure was....(sorry it took us a little longer than we said!)..chopping down our own Christmas tree! We found this Christmas tree farm an hour outside of Boulder, in Greeley, Colorado, and headed out there this afternoon to find us the perfect Christmas tree!



Well...Will and I did not realize that all Christmas trees are not the same across the US. We were expecting thick, big, and very green trees....well they don't grow those out here. So we found a great tree, less full, with a hint of yellow in it for our tree this year.



But despite being surprised about the kind of tree we got, we really enjoyed going out to this little farm, choosing our tree, and then actually sawing it down ourselves. It was a really neat experience, and on our drive back home we got really excited about decorating!



Unfortunately we had some problems with our tree stand, so we had to make a quick trip to a local Christmas tree store and buy a new one. When we returned, our neighbors were outside with their dog (who we usually like) and we were chatting with them while our tree laid on the ground. While we were chatting and trying to figure out our new Christmas tree stand the neighbor's dog decided it was the perfect time to "mark his spot" on our Christmas tree!!!!!!!!!!!!!



As you can imagine, we were not happy campers after our little adventure for the day! So unfortunately we were not able to decorate our tree tonight, as it had to "air itself out".



We'll post more pictures of it when we get it decorated.



All in all, we did have a good afternoon chopping down our tree; let's just say we are very excited about having Christmas in NC next year! :)

Life in Boulder...

So we are here! We are sorry it's been several days since we've updated our blog....we've had internet, so that's no excuse! We don't really have many pictures to post. But we've managed a few of the house we're renting.
We got here Wednesday night, but had to stay in a hotel in Boulder because our furniture wasn't coming until Thursday. So we relaxed and got up early Thursday morning to meet the movers. Our furniture was supposed to arrive between 8am and noon, and of course it came at noon! Thankfully we had a beautiful day; not too cold to be outside moving furniture. And Will and I moved all the furniture ourselves from the moving van!
Since then we have just been unpacking and cleaning our house. We just have a little two bedroom duplex, but it's an old house and was kind of dirty...so we had lots of cleaning to do!
Here are some pictures of our first day filled with tons of boxes!



Will with his favorite tools....


This is our guest room. We've got it all set up, and a nice,comfy bed...so we expect visitors! :)


This is our little kitchen. We have just enough room....but no dishwasher!


Will relaxing in our den...


Just a quick look at our house. We still have a lot of cleaning and organzing to do.
We are both enjoying Boulder; the town is so pretty. We went out Friday night with one of our three friends living out here, and it was 19 degrees outside! Despite the cold we had a great time! Boulder seems to be a lot like Chapel Hill.
We haven't really had any snow. The weather report called for lots of snow on Saturday, so of course Will and I stocked up on food (bread and milk) and movies, just in case we couldn't drive anywhere! But we didn't get any snow...just a few flurries that night.
Other than that, everything is going good! We're still looking for jobs and will keep everyone posted! We are doing something fun either tomorrow or Tuesday...so check our blog and we'll have some good pictures up!